# Duke Eye Center South Durham, Durham NC: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/nc/durham/duke-eye-center-south-durham-nc. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-11-01.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/nc/durham/duke-eye-center-south-durham-nc

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## In short

Duke Eye Center South Durham is an eye care center. Its AI Score is 38 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 234 Crooked Creek Pkwy Suite 100, Durham, NC 27713, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (919) 681-3937 |
| Rating | 2.5 across 35 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| Updated | November 1, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 234 Crooked Creek Pkwy Suite 100, Durham, NC 27713, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Duke Eye Center's expert ophthalmologists and optometrists offer eye care services at a location near you. Visit our new location in Durham near the Streets at Southpoint mall to receive the very best ophthalmic care from Duke Eye Center doctors and eye surgeons. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Duke Eye Center South Durham | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (919) 681-3937 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Eye surgery | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Ophthalmology | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Optometry | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/dukehealth | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/dukehealth | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-eye-center-south-durham?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=evergreen | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting Duke Eye Center South

Address: 234 Crooked Creek Pkwy Suite 100, Durham, NC 27713, USA. Phone: (919) 681-3937. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Duke Eye Center's expert ophthalmologists and optometrists offer eye care services at a location near you. Visit our new location in Durham near the Streets at Southpoint mall to receive the very best ophthalmic care from Duke Eye Center doctors and eye surgeons."


### When to go

Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Monday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Duke Health Center South Durham Parking Garage | Parking garage | 2 min walk |
| NC 54 at Fayetteville Rd (EB) | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Waffle House | Breakfast restaurant | 2 min walk |
| NC 54 at Fayetteville Rd (Duke Health) | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Circle K | Convenience store | 2 min walk |
| Fayetteville Rd at Crooked Creek Pkwy | Bus stop | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

2.5 average across 35 reviews: Google 35. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)

Duke Eye Center South Durham is noted for its knowledgeable staff but struggles with long wait times and inconsistent patient care. (AI guess, from 35 reviews.)


### What people like

- Thoroughness of staff


### What people do not like

- Long wait times
- Rushed appointments
- Poor communication from doctors


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### is there a day here that is not slammed


### topical numbing, standard or extra


### points or member pricing at Duke Eye South, worth signing up?


### what time does Duke Eye South in Durham actually open?


### the good stuff about Duke Eye South, what is it?


### Anything this place is known for doing well?


### Worth the hype at Duke Eye South?


### where does this place post updates


### Somewhere to park near Duke Eye South?


### picking between the two, is Duke Eye the safer bet?


### bad experiences at Duke Eye South, anyone?


### do they shut Saturdays


### Any medical supervision on site?


### Ballpark for a visit to an eye doctor in Durham?


### Booking here, how does it work?


### best eye care center in Durham


### anywhere cheaper than this place in Durham that is still good?


## The AI Score: 38 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Durham eye care centers run 38 to 72. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Duke Eye Center South scores 38, below the Durham average of 53. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Duke Eye Center South |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 35 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 58 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Fair |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 69 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 62 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 59 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Duke Eye Center South |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Duke Eye Center South Durham | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-eye-center-south-durham?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=evergreen | Subject of this page |
| Durham, North Carolina | City | #city |  | City Duke Eye Center South is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Durham, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best eye care centers in Durham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/durham/eye-care-center
- Best businesses in Durham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/durham


### Nearby

- /raleigh: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/raleigh
- /chapel-hill: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/chapel-hill
- /greensboro: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/greensboro


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in North Carolina: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJP-InHNvmrIkR2pgXJ-D0yFI (accessed Jul 16, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)